Ronald Colman Ranked
by rmailander | created - 24 Nov 2019 | updated - 24 Nov 2019 | PublicA ranking of Ronald Colman's film performances.
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1. The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
Approved | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
An Englishman on a Ruritarian holiday must impersonate the king when the rightful monarch, a distant cousin, is drugged and kidnapped.
Directors: John Cromwell, W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Ronald Colman, Madeleine Carroll, C. Aubrey Smith, Raymond Massey
Votes: 5,068
2. Bulldog Drummond (1929)
Passed | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A bored WWI veteran helps out a young woman whose uncle is being held hostage by embezzlers.
Director: F. Richard Jones | Stars: Ronald Colman, Claud Allister, Lawrence Grant, Montagu Love
Votes: 1,327
3. Random Harvest (1942)
Passed | 126 min | Drama, Romance
An amnesiac World War I veteran falls in love with a music hall star, only to suffer an accident which restores his original memories but erases his post-war life.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Ronald Colman, Greer Garson, Philip Dorn, Susan Peters
Votes: 8,406 | Gross: $10.14M
4. Lost Horizon (1937)
Approved | 132 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
When a revered diplomat's plane is diverted and crashes in the peaks of Tibet, he and the other survivors are guided to an isolated monastery at Shangri-La, where they wrestle with the invitation to stay.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, Edward Everett Horton, John Howard
Votes: 14,459
5. A Double Life (1947)
Approved | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A celebrated actor struggles to distinguish his own life from that of his most recent stage role, Othello.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Ronald Colman, Edmond O'Brien, Signe Hasso, Shelley Winters
Votes: 3,973
6. Beau Geste (1926)
101 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Michael "Beau" Geste leaves England in disgrace and joins the infamous French Foreign Legion. He is reunited with his two brothers in North Africa, where they face greater danger from their... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Brenon | Stars: Ronald Colman, Neil Hamilton, Ralph Forbes, Alice Joyce
Votes: 470 | Gross: $1.71M
7. A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
Not Rated | 128 min | Drama, History, Romance
A pair of lookalikes, one a former French aristocrat and the other an alcoholic English lawyer, fall in love with the same woman amidst the turmoil of the French Revolution.
Directors: Jack Conway, Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Ronald Colman, Elizabeth Allan, Edna May Oliver, Reginald Owen
Votes: 6,300
8. The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
Passed | 89 min | Drama, Romance, Western
While building an irrigation system for a Southwestern desert community, an engineer vies with a local cowboy for the affections of a rancher's daughter.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Ronald Colman, Vilma Bánky, Gary Cooper, Charles Lane
Votes: 942
9. The Talk of the Town (1942)
Approved | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An escaped prisoner has to prove his innocence to a stuffy law professor with the help of a spirited school teacher.
Director: George Stevens | Stars: Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Ronald Colman, Edgar Buchanan
Votes: 9,129
10. Arrowsmith (1931)
Approved | 108 min | Drama
A medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Ronald Colman, Helen Hayes, Richard Bennett, A.E. Anson
Votes: 1,993
11. Clive of India (1935)
Approved | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
In the mid-1700's the East India Company has power over commerce on the sub-continent, with the blessings of the British government. A clerk in the company, Robert Clive, is frustrated by ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Boleslawski | Stars: Ronald Colman, Loretta Young, Colin Clive, Francis Lister
Votes: 457
12. Champagne for Caesar (1950)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy, Romance
In order to get even with the pompous president of a soap company, an eccentric genius goes on his quiz show in order to bankrupt his company.
Director: Richard Whorf | Stars: Ronald Colman, Celeste Holm, Vincent Price, Barbara Britton
Votes: 1,235
13. Raffles (1930)
72 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A distinguished English gentleman has a secret life--he is the notorious jewel thief the press has dubbed "The Amateur Cracksman". When he meets a woman and falls in love he decides to "... See full summary »
Directors: George Fitzmaurice, Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast | Stars: Ronald Colman, Kay Francis, David Torrence, Frederick Kerr
Votes: 1,123 | Gross: $1.00M
14. Under Two Flags (1936)
Passed | 112 min | Adventure
Sergeant Victor comes to the French Foreign Legion after taking the blame for his brother's crime. Cigarette falls in love with him though Major Doyle is in love with her. Doyle sends ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Ronald Colman, Claudette Colbert, Victor McLaglen, Rosalind Russell
Votes: 506
15. Stella Dallas (1925)
Passed | 110 min | Drama
Small-town girl Stella marries socialite Stephen Dallas, a man with whom she has nothing in common. The whole thing is a failure; after the birth of their daughter Laurel, the Dallases ... See full summary »
Director: Henry King | Stars: Ronald Colman, Belle Bennett, Alice Joyce, Jean Hersholt
Votes: 425 | Gross: $0.76M
16. If I Were King (1938)
Passed | 101 min | Adventure, History
Vagabond poet François Villon rises to high office in 1463 Paris.
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Ronald Colman, Basil Rathbone, Frances Dee, Ellen Drew
Votes: 1,019
17. Lady Windermere's Fan (1925)
Approved | 120 min | Comedy
A society woman believes her husband is having an affair, a misconception which may have dire personal consequences for all involved.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Irene Rich, May McAvoy, Bert Lytell, Ronald Colman
Votes: 1,362
18. Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)
Approved | 83 min | Comedy, Mystery
Algy, Bulldog Drummond's right-hand-man, is getting married. Bulldog attends; on the way home, in the fog, he enters the (apparently deserted) mansion of Prince Achmed in search of a phone.... See full summary »
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Ronald Colman, Loretta Young, Warner Oland, Charles Butterworth
Votes: 459
19. Kismet (1944)
Passed | 100 min | Adventure, Fantasy
In ancient Baghdad, Hafiz the King of Beggars dreams of untold riches and of marrying his daughter to a real prince.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Ronald Colman, Marlene Dietrich, James Craig, Edward Arnold
Votes: 1,295
20. The Sporting Venus (1925)
66 min | Drama, Romance
A rich heiress falls in love with a medical student despite being engaged to a foreign prince.
Director: Marshall Neilan | Stars: Blanche Sweet, Ronald Colman, Lew Cody, Josephine Crowell
Votes: 129
21. Cynara (1932)
75 min | Drama, Romance
London barrister's marriage is under strain after his affair with a shop-girl who is out to have him. Told in flashback.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Ronald Colman, Kay Francis, Phyllis Barry, Henry Stephenson
Votes: 849
22. The Magic Flame (1927)
Passed | 100 min | Drama, Romance
A love triangle involving two members of a travelling circus and an aristocrat has serious consequences for all three individuals.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Ronald Colman, Vilma Bánky, Agostino Borgato, Gustav von Seyffertitz
Votes: 64 | Gross: $0.62M
23. Lucky Partners (1940)
Approved | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two strangers share a sweepstakes ticket and then embark on an "imaginary" honeymoon with their "winnings".
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Ronald Colman, Ginger Rogers, Jack Carson, Spring Byington
Votes: 1,105
24. The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (1935)
Approved | 71 min | Comedy, Romance
Russian prince goes to Monte Carlo just after World War I with money supplied him by Parisian Russians. He wins but the casino operators want him honor the tradition of returning to the tables.
Director: Stephen Roberts | Stars: Ronald Colman, Joan Bennett, Colin Clive, Nigel Bruce
Votes: 281
25. The Light That Failed (1939)
Passed | 99 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Dick Heldar, a London artist, is gradually losing his sight. He struggles to complete his masterpiece, the portrait of Bessie Broke, a cockney girl, before his eyesight fails him.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Ronald Colman, Walter Huston, Muriel Angelus, Ida Lupino
Votes: 520
26. The Night of Love (1927)
Passed | 80 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
A duke kidnaps the gypsy Montero's young bride, intending to exercise a nobleman's then-presumed right to make love to her. But she dies, and Montero vows revenge.
Director: George Fitzmaurice | Stars: Ronald Colman, Vilma Bánky, Montagu Love, Natalie Kingston
Votes: 77 | Gross: $0.41M
27. The Dark Angel (1925)
80 min | Drama, War
"The Dark Angel" tells the story of three childhood friends, two male, one female. When the woman chooses one of the men to marry, the other, jealous, sends his rival into a dangerous situation during wartime.
Director: George Fitzmaurice | Stars: Ronald Colman, Vilma Bánky, Wyndham Standing, Frank Elliott
Votes: 36 | Gross: $0.17M
28. His Supreme Moment (1925)
80 min | Drama
John Douglas, a mining engineer who has returned from South America in order to obtain financing for a gold mining venture, attends the theater with Sara Deeping and falls madly in love ... See full summary »
Director: George Fitzmaurice | Stars: Blanche Sweet, Ronald Colman, Kathleen Myers, Belle Bennett
29. Her Sister from Paris (1925)
70 min | Comedy
A housewife poses as her sister, a notorious dancer, in order to fool her husband and teach him a lesson.
Director: Sidney Franklin | Stars: Constance Talmadge, Ronald Colman, George K. Arthur, Gertrude Claire
Votes: 197 | Gross: $0.23M
30. Romola (1924)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, History
In Renaissance Florence, Tito, a no-good young man pretending to be a scholar, wins the admiration of a blind man who has long looked for someone to finish his scholarly work. He has a ... See full summary »
Director: Henry King | Stars: Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, William Powell, Ronald Colman
Votes: 250 | Gross: $0.50M
31. The Rescue (1929)
96 min | Adventure, Romance
The English adventurer Tom Lingard gets involved with islanders on a South Seas island, and he also gets involved with Lady Edith and Mr. Travers, a sailing English couple. Tom has an ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Brenon | Stars: Ronald Colman, Lili Damita, Alfred Hickman, Theodore von Eltz
Votes: 34
32. The Masquerader (1933)
80 min | Drama
Ronald Colman plays an MP addicted to drugs, and a double recruited to cover for him.
Director: Richard Wallace | Stars: Ronald Colman, Elissa Landi, Juliette Compton, David Torrence
Votes: 224
33. Condemned! (1929)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama
Suave thief Colman is sent to Devil's Island, where he becomes romantically involved with the wife of sadistic warden Digges.
Director: Wesley Ruggles | Stars: Ronald Colman, Ann Harding, Louis Wolheim, William Elmer
Votes: 583
34. The Late George Apley (1947)
Passed | 93 min | Comedy, Romance
George and Catherine Apley of Boston lead a proper life in the proper social circle, as did the Apleys before them. After grown daughter Eleanor falls in love with Howard (from New York!), ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Ronald Colman, Vanessa Brown, Richard Haydn, Charles Russell
Votes: 941
35. The Unholy Garden (1931)
Passed | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A bunch of crooks team up to find and steal money from an old man and his daughter.
Director: George Fitzmaurice | Stars: Ronald Colman, Fay Wray, Estelle Taylor, Warren Hymer
Votes: 293
36. My Life with Caroline (1941)
Passed | 81 min | Comedy, Romance
Caroline Mason, on vacation with her father Mr. Bliss in Idaho, has fallen in love with gaucho Paco Del Valle, and the two plan to get married. The problem is is that she's already married,... See full summary »
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Ronald Colman, Anna Lee, Charles Winninger, Reginald Gardiner
Votes: 450
37. Tarnish (1924)
70 min | Drama
Owing to her father's irresponsible self-indulgence with other women, Letitia Tevis has to support her parents, and she works with Emmet Carr, who is in love with her. When her father is ... See full summary »
Director: George Fitzmaurice | Stars: May McAvoy, Ronald Colman, Marie Prevost, Albert Gran
38. The White Sister (1923)
143 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman becomes a nun when she believes her sweetheart has been killed, then things get complicated when he returns alive.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Lillian Gish, Ronald Colman, Gail Kane, J. Barney Sherry
Votes: 539 | Gross: $0.66M
39. Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
G | 175 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A Victorian Englishman bets that with the new steamships and railways he can circumnavigate the globe in eighty days.
Directors: Michael Anderson, John Farrow | Stars: David Niven, Cantinflas, Finlay Currie, Robert Morley
Votes: 29,709 | Gross: $42.00M
40. Her Night of Romance (1924)
95 min | Comedy, Romance
An impoverished British lord (Paul Menford) impersonates a doctor in order to woo an ailing American heiress (Dorothy Adams). The lord is in it for love, but his business associate (Joe Diamond) smells money.
Director: Sidney Franklin | Stars: Constance Talmadge, Ronald Colman, Jean Hersholt, Albert Gran
Votes: 303
41. A Thief in Paradise (1925)
80 min | Drama
After years of failure, Maurice Blake becomes a beachcomber on an island in the Samoas, earning a risky living by diving for pearls with Philip Jardine, the disinherited son of a San ... See full summary »
Director: George Fitzmaurice | Stars: Doris Kenyon, Ronald Colman, Aileen Pringle, Claude Gillingwater
Votes: 20
42. The Story of Mankind (1957)
Approved | 100 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
The Devil and the Spirit of Man argue as to whether or not humanity is ultimately good or evil.
Director: Irwin Allen | Stars: Ronald Colman, Hedy Lamarr, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx
Votes: 1,522
43. The Devil to Pay! (1930)
TV-G | 72 min | Comedy, Romance
Spendthrift Willie Leyland again returns to the family home in London penniless. His father is none too pleased but Willie smooth-talks him into letting him stay. At the same time, he turns... See full summary »
Director: George Fitzmaurice | Stars: Ronald Colman, Loretta Young, Frederick Kerr, David Torrence
Votes: 813
44. Two Lovers (1928)
98 min | Action, Drama, History
Two Lovers (1928) is a silent feature film directed by Fred Niblo, and produced by Samuel Goldwyn.
Director: Fred Niblo | Stars: Ronald Colman, Vilma Bánky, Noah Beery, Nigel De Brulier
Votes: 39
45. Handcuffs or Kisses (1921)
60 min | Drama
Orphan Lois Walton is treated unkindly by her aunt, who has her placed in a reformatory. She and the other inmates are badly abused but are afraid to complain, and she remains silent after ... See full summary »
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Elaine Hammerstein, Julia Swayne Gordon, Dorothy Chappell, Robert Ellis
46. Twenty Dollars a Week (1924)
70 min | Comedy, Drama
Millionaire John Reeves makes a bargain with his son, Chester, that they can both support themselves on $20 per week. John takes a bookkeeping job at a steel plant owned by William Hart, a ... See full summary »
Director: F. Harmon Weight | Stars: George Arliss, Taylor Holmes, Edith Roberts, Wallie Howe
Votes: 28
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